Identify and fix SYN attack

Identifying SYN attack
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Load becomes very inconcistant
netstat -an | grep SYN (if long list SYN_REC)
netstat -n -p|grep SYN_REC|wc -l (gives count of SYN attacks)
also checking acces_logs (if perticular IP found to be requesting most
then can block that IP)

Yyou can go for below
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iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ALL NONE -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,FIN SYN,FIN -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN,RST -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags FIN,RST FIN,RST -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,FIN FIN -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,PSH PSH -j DROP
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --tcp-flags ACK,URG URG -j DROP

echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_syncookies
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netstat -an | grep SYN | more

iptables -A INPUT -s IP -j DROP

iptables -A INPUT -s 168.75.16.116 -j DROP

iptables restart

Look for this lines in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

Code:——————————————————————————–
# KeepAlive: Whether or not to allow persistent connections (more than
KeepAlive On
# MaxKeepAliveRequests: The maximum number of requests to allow
MaxKeepAliveRequests 100
# KeepAliveTimeout: Number of seconds to wait for the next request from the
KeepAliveTimeout 15
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Set KeepAlive On to Off with your favorite text editor
that should work, if not you may be a victim of DoS attack

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echo 90 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time